Online ecotourism guide Biodiversity and Tourism call

Online ecotourism guideBiodiversity and Tourism call

Online ecotourism guideBiodiversity and Tourism

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Project title: Online ecotourism guide

Project duration: 12 months

Project start: July 2012

Project budget: 32 480.00 EUR


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Lead Partner: Business Support Centre

for Small and Medium Enterprises - RusePartner 1: Human Resources

Development Agency – RusePartner 2: Municipality of Elena

Partner 3: Association of Ecotourism in Romania


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Activities:

• Creation of a draft of the Guide

• Workshop with beneficiaries

• Testing

• Revision and upload

of the Guide

• Review of the Guide with the beneficiaries


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Guide modules:

Ecotourism Product Development

From Planning to Sustainability

• describes the steps in order to create an eco tourism product – from the concept to the brand

• the product (the destination) positioning on the market

• promotion and consumption from the tourists


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Guide modules:

Ecotourism Best Practice Models

General Overview and Characteristics

• main characteristics of eco tourism and the destinations which have successfully applied eco tourism practices

• can be used as good practices by other destinations which have the potential for a similar development of their eco system


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Guide modules:

Organizational Policy and Structures in the Environmental

Field - Ecotourism Legislation and Regulation

•the main eco tourism policies

•the requirements for protection of the environment

•how to regulate an already existing eco destination


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Guide modules:

Protected Areas and Biodiversity - Ecotourism Clustering Potential

•examples for protected zones and how vital it is to preserve the biodiversity in those tourist destination

•there will be introduced a “carrying capacity” for a certain area = the maximum number of tourists who can be at a destination without damaging its equilibrium

•examples for real eco tourism clusters and the required conditions for their survival


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Guide modules:

European Eco Labelling Policy and Ecotourism Criteria

•certain criteria which has to be met for eco certification

•all prerequisites which have to be fulfilled in order to obtain an eco label


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Guide modules:

Visitor Impact Monitoring and Customer Satisfaction

Management

•more details about the impact of visitors on the tourist destination and how to execute monitoring

•how to achieve visitors’ satisfaction and how to sustain it


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Guide modules:

Guesthouse and Lodging Management & Ecotourism Good Practices in Guest

Houses

•both explore the topic of ecotourism best practices and how to turn your guest house into a greener accommodation facility for tourists

•pieces of advice about steps which have to be taken in order to make your house eco-friendly


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practical self-education tool, developed for and together with the beneficiaries

raising awareness about the environment/ biodiversity issues

how to make more competitive and sustainable tourism products

increases local capabilities for sustainable tourism management

improves economic, environmental and cultural impacts of tourism in

the Danube regions of Bulgaria and Romania

free online access, in 3 languages – BG, RO and EN

could be translated into the languages of all DCC members and used by them


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Online ecotourism guide Biodiversity and Tourism call